I always felt in my heart I was innocent

Martyn Day, who with his firm and two colleagues faced a total of 47 charges, says the action was influenced by politicsBEN GURR FOR THE TIMES

For a man who has just faced the prospect of a career ending in disgrace, Martyn Day is remarkably relaxed and unfazed.

“I always felt in my heart that I was not guilty, so it was not actually terribly traumatic,” he says. “If I had felt guilty of any of these offences, I would have found it really tough — but I felt all along I was innocent, although many an innocent man or woman goes down, so I recognised there was a significant risk.”

A fortnight ago Day, his firm Leigh Day, and his colleagues, Sapna Malik and Anna Crowther, were cleared of the total of all 47 charges of misconduct by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal arising from their handling of Iraqi claims of…

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